Review - Farewell, My Boy by Garrick Jones
Farewell, My Boy
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Volume 3 of The Seventh of December
Posted in Book Reviews on February 15, 2026
Tommy’s latest mission takes him to North Africa to kidnap a German officer working in Rommel’s command. It’s just the first step in an elaborate plan to rescue the man’s sister, a math savant working on the German rocket program. Things go a little sideways once they get to Germany, and by the time Tommy gets everyone back to England, he has his hands full.
This third book of the Seventh of December series is another spy thriller combining the worlds of classical music and World War II espionage. Be warned that this installment centers around the early days of Hitler’s plan to eliminate Jews and disabled people from the German population. It can be a tough read, especially in light of current events in the U.S. This volume features most of the characters introduced in the previous two books, so you really have to read all the books, in the published order, to know who is who.
The idea of “found family” definitely becomes a major theme of this story. Tommy and Shorty have been as good as married since the first book, and in the last one, Tommy’s uncle Otto was stranded in London when the Americans entered the war. The teenage French boy, Luc, whom Tommy befriended in the first book, spends most of the time in this story with Tommy and Shorty. Now an orphan, Tommy very much becomes a father figure to the nearly adult Luc. On top of that, Tommy and Shorty are taking care of a small boy, one of the many that Tommy and his team rescued from the Nazis. It gives the pair a taste of fatherhood that neither of them knew they wanted, or thought would be possible.
This series is a unique combination of a cloak and dagger spy thriller involving a close-knit circle of friends and lovers. The special operations behind enemy lines may seem a little unlikely, but we know things like this went on during the war.
“Farewell, My Boy” is available from Smashwords or see Bookshop.org to get a print copy from your local independent book store.